John P. Regan, 19, of 162 Bliss Road, a full-time student at Asnuntuck
         Community College in Enfield, died Saturday from injuries received in
         an auto accident in East Longmeadow.  He was majoring in
         communications and had been employed in part-time positions with
         various area businesses.  Born in Abington, Pa, he attended Wilbraham
         Monson Academy and was a 1995 graduate of Longmeadow High School.  He
         had lived here since 1981.  He also was a student for 10 years at the
         Community Music School in Springfield.  he performed for various
         activities including the inauguration of former Springfield Mayor Mary
         E. Hurley, and he also played the drums in area bands.  He was a
         member of the Cross Country Team at LHS and a member of soccer team at
         Wilbraham Monson Academy.  he leaves his mother, Patricia Regan of
         Longmeadow, his father, Harry Neunder of Sunderland; two brothers,
         Raymond Psonak of Longmeadow and Japan, and Kevin Psonak of
         Longmeadow; his maternal grandmother, Anne Doonican Regan of West
         Springfield; an uncle and aunt of Chesapeake,Va.; and several cousins.
         The funeral will be Saturday morning from Sampson's chapel of the
         Acres, followed by a Mass in St. Mary's church in Longmeadow and
         burial in Longmeadow Cemetery.  Calling hours are Friday afternoon and
         evening.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Community Music
         School, 41 Oakland St., Springfield 01108.
    
    
    
    

     2 KILLED, 1 INJURED IN FIERY 2-CAR CRASH
    
         EAST LONGMEADOW
    
         Speed and alcohol may have caused a firey two -car crash on Shaker
         Road early yesterday that killed two men and injured a woman,
         according to police.
    
         Richard Pellitier, 20, of 26 Tabor Road, Enfield, and John P. Regan,
         20 of 162 Bliss Road, Longmeadow, were killed in the early morning
         crash, Sgt. Robert Featler said.
    
         Diane Wallace, 29, of enfield, was listed in fair condition at Bay
         State Medical Center in sprigfield last night, a nursing supervisor
         said.
    
         Wallace was leaving work at the Milton Bradly plant at 443 Shaker Road
         at about a a.m. yesterday when the Dodge Monaco she was driving was
         struck by an Audi operated by Pellitier, Featler said.
    
         The Dodge, headed south, was struck almost head-on after the Audi,
         headed north, crossed over the center line, Featler said.
    
         The Audi burst into flames upon impact, according to police.  Regan
         was a passenger in the Audi.
    
         Workers from the plant tried to assist the accident victims.  Police
         were called to the scence at 1:05 a.m.
    
         Police are trying to determine whether alcohol was involved, Featler
         said.
    
         Skid marks left by the Audi on a 250-foot stretch of road indicate
         that speed may have been a factor, according to Featler.  The posted
         speed limit is 45 mph.
    
         "Overall, it's not  a dangerous area" said Featler. "It can be
         dangerous if you combine a factor like alcohol and the fact that it is
         dark."
    
         There are no street lights along that stretch of Shaker Road.
    
         Featler said most of the accidents on the road are caused by
         mortorists who enter from side streets and there are few head-on
         collisions.
    
         Two sisters from Wilbraham, Allison e. Spear, 17, and Amy E. Spear,
         18, were killed on June 27, 1994, when a 23-ton truck slammed into the
         rear of the sisters' Jeep Cherokee and it burst into flames on shaker
         road near the East Longmeadow rotary.  The speed limit in that area is
         only 25 mph, but investigators said that the driver of the truck,
         Brian R. Rogers Jr., 28, of Stafford Springs, Conn, was driving
         between 27 and 35 mph.  On July 26, 1995, rogers was sentenced to five
         years in proson.
    
    
    
    

    This poem was written by a fellow classmate, Dan Fitzpatrick:
    
    a light flickers in the november wind
    a candle that dances on wax to hot to walk on
    your last breath, echoed through the empty trees
    the homeless leaves, like your soul
    are blown about in circles
    the skid marks that tattoo the road
    spell your name in some cryptic language,
    one in a code we will never break
    a rememberence
    for a friend, that spot, and the instant
    the candles burn off
    like your life, cut short
    flicker about in a breeze
    and your soul wandering 
    forever trapped
    in this spot for the sins
    that you died for
    
    In memory of John P. Regan 1976-1996